FAKE TRADE ALERT: MELOWITZKI

I'm back at it again on the Trade Machine.

So here we go with today's fake trade:

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 No picks changing hands in the swap. Straight up.

In this deal, the Knicks finally purge themselves of Carmelo Anthony and the drama he carries with him, and end up with a terrific haul in the process. Melo can instantly vault the Mavericks into the playoffs at the very least, playing alongside Dirk, Wes Matthews, and impending star Dennis Smith Jr. at the point. The Mavs are able to immediately contend with two aging stars in Melo and Dirk, while they're also able to surround their young talent (most notably Smith and Dwight Powell) with veterans who know what it takes to win. Anthony gets to play in a tax-free state in Texas, and while it's not Houston, I don't necessarily know if Houston has the pieces to acquire Melo to begin with. At least Melo would (we hope) be pleased with an exit from NYC.

The Mavs get Melo for the length of Dirk Nowtzki's newly-restructured contract of two years, providing them with a timeline for a major rebuild once those two aging studs have their contracts expire. The Mavericks would be set up for the summer of 2019 when invaluable stars Kyrie Irving and Draymond Green, terrific role players Tristan Thompson, Kris Middleton, and Jae Crowder, and rising young'ns Ben Simmons, Brandon Ingram, Buddy Hield, Thon Maker, Caris Lavert, DeAndre Bemby, and Tyler Ulis will be on the market.

Barnes immediately takes over the position Melo occupied in the Big Apple, and Ferrell provides insurance in case Frank Ntilikina doesn't come through for the Knickerbockers. Noel is the perfect complement to Porzingis, as Nerles can play more in the paint defending the rim and occupying the territory closer to the basket while Kristaps extends his game and takes his defender on the perimeter.

This trade makes fairly solid sense (at least in my book--and that's all that counts on my blog), which of course means that the Knicks would never do it.

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